Ceremonial County Gwent

Gwent is a preserved county and former local government county in southeast . A county of Gwent was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972; it was named after the ancient Kingdom of Gwent.
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  • Type: Region with 560,000 residents
  • Description: preserved county and former local government county in south-east Wales, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Gwent”, “권트”, and “그웬트”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Brithdir railway station and Ebbw Vale Parkway railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station serving…

Railway station
Photo: Jeremai Smith, CC BY 2.0.
is a station on the Ebbw Valley Railway in Wales.

Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station serving…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ebbw Vale and Tredegar.

Photo: andy dolman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is in Blaenau Gwent, .

Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small industrial town in , .

Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a market town, community and electoral ward in , Wales.

Ceremonial County Gwent

Latitude
51.7266° or 51° 43′ 36″ north
Longitude
-3.1908° or 3° 11′ 27″ west
Population
560,000
Elevation
1,227 feet (374 metres)
Open location code
9C3RPRG5+JM
Geo­Names ID
11612614
Wiki­data ID
Q1376956
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Ceremonial County Gwent” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Qvent”
  • Catalan: “Gwent”
  • Chinese: “格溫特郡”
  • Czech: “Gwent”
  • Danish: “Gwent”
  • Dutch: “Gwent”
  • Esperanto: “Gwent”
  • French: “Gwent”
  • Galician: “Gwent”
  • German: “Gwent”
  • Irish: “Gwent”
  • Italian: “Gwent”
  • Japanese: “グウェント”
  • Korean: “권트주”
  • Latvian: “Guenta”
  • Manx: “Gwent”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gwent Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gwent”
  • Norwegian: “Gwent”
  • Polish: “Gwent”
  • Portuguese: “Gwent”
  • Slovak: “Gwent”
  • Swedish: “Gwent”
  • Turkish: “Gwent (kontluk)”
  • Ukrainian: “Гвент (графство)”
  • Ukrainian: “Гвент”
  • Welsh: “Gwent”
  • “Gwent”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Man-moel and Hollybush.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ebbw Vale and Mynydd Pen-y-fan.

Wales: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Cardiff and Swansea.

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